Bruno Giacosa
- Red
- Italy
- Barolo
- Nebbiolo
- Tracked vintages
- 31
- Community notes
- 154
- Merchant offers
- 89
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 98/ 1002018 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 91/ 100154 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £165per 75 cl2021 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- Drinking window
- UnknownNot recorded on any vintage we track
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 19 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Italian Barolo.
- Body3.8 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity4.7 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin4.5 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.4 / 5
- DrySweet
- Earth · earthy, leather, minerals, tar, smoke
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, cranberry, raspberry, red cherry
- Oak · oak, cedar, chocolate, vanilla, caramel
- Floral · dried rose, rose petal, violet, dried flowers, perfume
- Spice · licorice, savory, cinnamon, dried herbs, menthol
- Black fruit · blackberry, black cherry, black fruit, blueberry, dark fruit
Grapes: Nebbiolo. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2016One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2021
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 2022unit not stated
- 2021£165 / 75cl6-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 202086drinkersunit not stated
- 2019unit not stated
- 201898critic£82 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024
- 201790drinkers£149 / 75clsingle-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201694drinkers£128 / 75cl6-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 2015unit not stated
- 2014unit not stated
- 2013unit not stated
- 200590drinkersunit not stated
- 2004unit not stated
- 200394drinkers
- 200193drinkers
- 200091drinkersunit not stated
- 199990drinkers
- 199691drinkers
- 199592drinkers
- 199387drinkers
- 1990unit not stated
- 198993drinkersunit not stated
- 198894drinkers
- 1987unit not stated
- 198693drinkers
- 1982unit not stated
- 197995drinkers
- 1978unit not stated
- 197096drinkers
- 196793drinkersunit not stated
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2018
- 98 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2018
- £82 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond tradeHatched: what a merchant is asking, which nobody has paid
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £165 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2018 | £82 | 98 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024 |
| 2017 | £149 | — | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2016 | £128 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
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